One possibility for difficulties innovating is that most people really donÕt care about innovation.

A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.

All great things have small beginnings.

The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be the organizations that discover how to tap people's commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization.

The world is made of Circles And we think in straight Lines

Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’

The key to success isn't just thinking about what we are doing but doing something about what we are thinking.

The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'What do we want to create?

Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.

Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)

To make life beautiful--every time you think--think about the amazing beauty of life.

Inner peace gives calmness of soul.

This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!

I've never been part of anything so great as those three kids.

I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don't have any deals in Russia.

I couldn't care less if they [the media] say I'm pregnant with twins by my brother.

My anti-authoritarian instincts let me directly to criminal defense work.

Everyone is interesting. Everyone has something unexpected to offer and the job of acting is to pull it out of each other.

It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.